and the opposition are already in tools to tie the knot we have contacts with other parties with you m.p. and we have contact with a socialist and it has been confirmed to us that's in case belgium would speed up then one would be welcome in france. the biggest party in the northern half want to split two experts say bill james already divided people don't know any more about the other half of the country the flemish people don't know who are the popular singers or writers today in the french speaking part and vice versa. but fears bill james national day last week was its last he added the crisis threatens not just every belgian but european integration itself. the e.u. is scared that the divorce of belgium will spark up the rest of europe catalonia leaving scotland leaving a great and we're already seeing separatist marches and mixed community terms here turn violent with guns going. to become. that

conflict killing suffered in europe since world war two neighbors turned on each other as you can slow veal broke up and the determination of regional identity is not to be underestimated frige unionists say they have the flag and everything else worked out to become francis twenty eight region all that's left are the details the new bushel altie crossing. but how do you think the belgian separatist movement could influence the whole of europe log on to. vote on our poll the question we're asking is there a countdown to the spent touring of europe well so far thirty six percent think you should tap disintegrators long ago twenty nine percent of you think that the e.u. is strong enough to survive any challenges together and twenty one percent share of worldwide economic slump could trigger

a breakout war fourteen percent believe excessive immigration is the major threats . still to come the spy games of two shine that chases. a u.s. reconnaissance plane from near its which is demanding respect for its territory but washington says the operations will continue. on the extreme heat wave across several russian regions causes wildfires with fear is that the smoke filled summer of twenty ten could be repeated. financial crisis for. them with money in short supply for companies in the west they're taking the operations and dollars to the chief east he's pretty shrewd at how the american financial downturn has been great news for the indian economy. it's the great recession of the twenty first century what started as a collapse in the housing market in the united states has led to unemployment

hunger and debt crises around the world and while countries are struggling to protect their interests increasingly western businesses are shifting their work east to cut costs welcome to guard down a modern suburb of new delhi everywhere you look there are offices of american companies at the sign of the importance the united states has placed on the country during the financial crisis according to rethink sourcing reports american companies have been production in that country as much as that many times in the past three years. carol corporations is a multi-billion dollar american heating and ventilation company they say that over the past decade their business has shifted from being seventy percent u.s. base to just forty percent today removing consciously in that direction so the idea is to have a good balance it's not about being focused on one mark or together but having a good balance and obviously you know emerging markets like india china and the issue as such continue to be called areas for us globally. and carrier isn't alone

according to the u.s. department of commerce the same number of jobs that have been cut from the united states in the last decade have been added to these companies overseas operations it's a phenomenon that angers many americans who are struggling to make ends meet i think it's despicable disgusting and we have people here that have worked here all of their lives in a losing jobs left and right because somebody on top wants to make a buck and pay the cheapest possible deal are more dollars to go to stimulate the economy here in america i think or american companies should hire american workers . because of the shrinking middle class and the fact that middle class wages are decreasing over the last thirty years so many people here they don't. do to me and i do think that is the wrong thing to do is. over the. and it's not just manufacturing work american i.t. companies and innovation jobs are also moving here in droves as well as huge

savings on wages many companies say india's fast growing economy and young workforce make it a desirable place to find staff there are amazingly talented people here in that part of the workforce and you know it's a matter of helping other other markets understand that you know there are very talented people here who can do a lot of great work and it's not just about outsourcing and it's growth that these american companies don't anticipate will end anytime soon within the markets we have a good old from the last forty years almost rebirth and this last i think has put additional if you would like to double the business to five times a confidence not often found among their colleagues in the west preassure either r t new delhi india. the white house is threatening to veto a the republicans plan to put a limit on u.s. debt congress speaker john boehner is willing to allow

a high level of debt but only in return the massive cuts and public spending that's less than a week they have to raise the country's multi-trillion dollar debt ceiling if it wants to avoid a potentially devastating default but president obama agreeing to spend on cots could affect the provision of medical care and social security in the years ahead investor and author jim rogers says the political games are driving the country into a deep recession. they're not going to do anything serious they're going to go now it's something the day before the day ah but the day after and they're going to say everything is ok but in six months from now a year from now america is going to be in worse shape than it is now they're going to continue to spin and drive us all deeper into debt we've been doing this for forty years is not going to go anywhere starting shay's the dow jones industrial average is near its all time high what kind of crisis is that when the financial markets are all fat and happy and most people well i mean yes there are people that

are better despondent and suffering right now but that's not a crisis america is the largest debtor nation in the history of the world it's just getting worse uncovering our low standards in high finance are these economic kinds when states make their own forecasts about where the u.s. financial tensions are hiding whilst the kinds report in full later this hour but here's a taste of fast. look at these videos dizzy what america might look like next the next time the deficit ceiling is hit here's india's parliament you see a nice brawl there. let's turn to the punjab parliament. and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out on the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mother hassling with michele bachmann and the other shiksa well today with the glasses of bachmann and sarah palin are get those two in

the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for. president obama has the world at the creation of a list of americans who be banned from entering russia it's a response to a u.s. decision to impose travel restrictions on a group for brushing officials with links to the death of loyalists that gave magnitsky he worry for u.k. based financial firm accused of tax evasion in russia are you quoting the reports. according to a source in the russian foreign ministry this list will include american officials who are thought to all violated the rights of russian citizens and is moscow's answer to the so-called black list previously enforced by the u.s. state department that list includes dozens of russian officials including some senior police officers agents of the federal security service lawyers doctors and

others who the state department believes are linked to sort of give money skis death and violated his rights all of them are now banned for it from entering the united states the kremlin says it's possible to buy the situation since there are several investigations currently being held looking into the circumstances of need skis death and this blacklist was inforced before a court could make a decision on them previously the russian foreign ministry also if you speak criticize this blacklist saying that it's an unfriendly act which may negatively affect the trust between the two countries also called it an old old school type of tactic to intervene and apply pressure on these investigations and promised an adequate response just to remind us that game on the ski was all we were who worked with a large foreign investment fund here in russia he was accused of organizing a huge money laundering scheme was arrested but died in prison before

a court could make a decision on his case this caused a huge wave of criticism both in russia and among the international community several separate investigations were started including the one being held by the president's commission on human rights. we can always log on to our website altie dot com for many more stories and here's just a taste of what's online for you peaches bank the hot pants debate is heating up with even the threat of fines for flushing a bit too much leg also online. to russian cities are rated among the ten euros polluted in the world considered even worse for people's health than to nobble log on to our website to find out more all of the stories along with the latest videos and all.

america's says it plans to continue reconnaissance missions near china this comes after two chinese fighter jets deceptive a u. two spy plane over taiwan which china claims as its territory beijing has warned the move could damage relations with washington china's demanding respect for its territorial sovereignty while the u.s. maintains the air and sea should be open for any country to navigate its all part of the superpowers competition for energy rates so he says from the american base foreign policy in focus think tank. right now the united states is the number one user of energy in the world and china is the number two and chinese or oil eighty percent of chinese energy supplies hooved by sea they do move through the streets of rome once which is controlled by the american oil in movie deluxe trades which controlled by the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this they

tell us they worry about the fact that the united states could sort of footage from up on their energy jungle or vein and shoulder their very kind of tense and they're concerned about keeping those sea lanes open that's why they are so. pushy about the south china sea i think that mistake on the part of the chinese a bit and is they've been a little overly pushy with some of the smaller countries in the region and that has allowed the united states to get a foot in the door but this is part of a worldwide competition for energy resources between the normal one and the number two powers now energy users in the world and the fact that the united states has pretty much surrounded most of china with maces that go all the way from central asia to the north pacific that's the context in which this takes place. we've cos have plenty more stories coming your way this hour

a find out how orthodox religion first appears in russia. orthodox believers in russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating at the thousand and twenty three years since this part of the world adopt that orthodox christianity but the choice of the religion may well have been different joining me from kia for all the details. now is the curie heads of forty degree celsius here and memories of the moment covered the thing as i. discovered the extreme heat wave has already caused an outbreak of wildfires in the region. a whiff of a smoke and moscow is in panic again the toxic cocktail of beats smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still buried in people's memory intense bebop fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the dense smog that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have contributed to

tens of thousands of deaths in the capital the authorities swore they would be prepared this year to find a place like this you don't have to go far from the capital this smoke is familiar to everyone who was in moscow last summer back then doctors said breathing in the smoke that covered the city was equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes every hour now the question on everyone's mind is whether the smog misery is back again pede bones may look harmless with just tiny flames on the surface but in fact every square meter requires a ton of water to extinguish the fire burning deep underground the value of that evidence why did it turn his small green peas beneath the surface may undermine all our work with the authorities insist the situation is under control and most of the flies in the moscow region have been successfully extinguished however campaign is state officials are under reporting the extent of the problem both around moscow and across the country. and the situation has made it worse by the bureaucrats

instead of reacted swiftly and bent all the time concealing their formation about fires and does make it more difficult to get the bill on time but it would cover up woods campaigners say part of the problem is that the forests are being mistreated they say more needs to be done to prevent fires by better management with summer at its peak remnants of camp fires out all of course the forest despite the ban introduced a month ago and there's only so much montes can do when i was driving into the forest that in seeing it from during the time you add on there is a huge tax cart at the entrance of the record. heat of summer two thousand and ten resulted in devastating forest fires that killed sixty two people destroyed one hundred ninety nine towns and reduced thirty two hundred houses to. the fire was literally coming towards us we could hear the trees crackling they were burning and then who's the wind blew the other way. this year most of the countries

against well drained and the fires are raging once more large areas of forest have already been destroyed in russia's far east while parts of the north are already choking on smog and with all the still to do russians from the capital to the countryside hope the summer sun won't be as deadly this time. r t moscow region. for a look at some of the top stories this hour the heavy rain for the life but least for today for the people in this than three days day the south korean capital seoul flooding has forced thousands from their home destroyed many buildings teams of rescue workers and now using heavy machinery and shovels to search for the survivors forecasters predict another twenty five centimeters of rain will fall on friday. it's rare it's rare for some of the northern border of the occupied golan heights where it meets syria with a hundred and twenty kilometer long fence eight kilometers have already been built

the move comes after last months on rest when hundreds of syrian and pro palestinian protesters stormed the border israel is checking all its contested borders ahead of a u.n. vote in september and the recognition of a palestinian state. olivia's president who's attending the u.n. general assembly in new york has told r.t. that he fears the u.s. government is processing against him ever met alice says he's concerned american authorities might plant narcotics on his plane and link him with drug traffickers. the information is coming from the u.s. i think there is some kind of a system some preparations being done by secret agents it's a little way of undermining the authority of the bolivian president and of the government do you remember this news from wiki leaks what was america's goal was it to capture me or neutralize me or overthrow me but they failed what can they do now try charging us with illegal activities with drug smuggling or terrorism for

instance to ultimately destroy us that's their plan i believe. it's been more than a thousand. russia with christianized into market cation top orthodox officials and the gathering in the ukraine in capital and i see it in kiev where the message started to spread and the many macaire. thousands have gathered in key of central monastery the key of the chest a lot of the one you can see over there behind me to attend the biggest liturgy the biggest service held by the head of the russian orthodox church but they have to deal came over to the ukrainian capital to mark the celebrations of the christianization of ancient russia indeed a thousand and twenty three years ago. who was back then reigning in the key of adopted christianity he took several citizens of the key of to the waters of the river here in kiev and turned them into orthodox christians this is the biggest

religious holiday for the believe years old across the post soviet space indeed russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating this holiday and today it's thursday is the final day of the celebrations were understand that services and liturgies will be held everywhere across these countries and also this will become a native with bright colorful concerts later in the evening now indeed of course this is a very important for the history of russia that the country adopted orthodox christianity but that choice may well have been different and of the beautiful mona she which you can see over there may have easily been a mosque because back then in the year nine hundred eighty eight delegates from all religions came over to key of two of the tool for their religion historians are still finding proper explanation why did lead even to choose orthodox christianity some even joke that just choice because the orthodox christianity in fact allowed people to drink wine well maybe this is

a joke this is being debated by historians more likely that the choice for the orthodox christianity was more geopolitical because. i didn't want to do have closer ties with other european powers nevertheless this was a historical decision and it was believers all across the space are celebrating this day. i think that's the way we need to fix our i'll be about the not going to buy headlines of a few moments the business now they with moving. hello and welcome to business here on artsy now we start this hour with the ruble which has reached a three year high against the euro dollar baskets the growth of russia's currency is may due to uncertainty over the u.s. that ceiling and problems in the euro zone analysts also say strong oil prices and lower capital outflow are the fact they are supporting the big. tell us that

a look at the markets now precious metal prices are mixed this hour silver has slipped into the red but that gold is gaining as investors look for safe haven due to uncertainty over the u.s. that those aleutian. and oil prices are in the black this hour in light sweet has bounced back from earlier losses but it's still quite flat brights is trading at one hundred seventeen dollars prices are under pressure as the un resolved us that ceiling debate chipped away at a lesser confidence and dampened demand. and in europe markets are in negative territory for a long day now the financial sector is struggling after goldman sachs downgraded a number of european banks due to limited prospects for loan growth the dax is down over one and a half percent now. and here in moscow the markets are mixed this hour the arts the u.s. has slept into the red after earlier gains but the my sex is still above the waterline

let's take a look at some individual moves on the my psych's energy majors are among the main gainers with gazprom up around one percent russia's pharmaceutical giant farm standard is also off supported by news it has increased sales by sixty percent in the first half of the year precious metal milo poly metal is also in the black as gold prices trade close and record highs. the markets have been treading water for days here in russia and set against of it a from deutsche bank says even for the investor keen to be involved there are not many growth stories right now. investors all look at gross stocks and there's growth stocks. to my regular go stocks like retail us banks listen stocks might be interesting but i think activity is what shortly after and investors. to buy a long term perspective on the might be also for the wisest sector maybe in boston

on the floor that we've seen most people on their holidays this week probably aren't heading for the north caucasus the politically troubled region is barely on the tourist map however the government hopes to change all that as my dinner coach never explains. the creation of new tourist destinations in the north caucasus is a key strategy of the russian government to bring economic revival to the trouble to region the sums involved have been raised several times but now it's predicted that over one hundred thirty billion dollars will be needed to build five major resorts now government owned corporation resorts off of the north caucasus is running the project and it promises that the construction will be finished by twenty twenty five now funds will come from three different sources first from the federal budget than from the regions is specially. done in english as year and

finally from a known state sources such as international and domestic investors it's not only new resources that will be involved but also some saw holiday destinations will get a new lease of life now the republic of dagestan will receive one third of overall investment most of it will be sponsor a point the construction of hotels and other infrastructure along its two hundred kilometers of caspian sea shore now douglas dunn claims it will attract many private investors but so far only russian billionaire sulu monkey has expressed an interest meanwhile austria and frons have also expressed their readiness to participate in the construction of this major project the development of the north caucasus alongside the twenty fourteen elim packs as the most expensive projects taking by the russian government and that's all the business news for now we'll have the next update for you in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime stay

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now we are mostly. separate in some movements a grow in the power vacuum of government bereft belgium skeptics saying at the end it's not yet for its future as a single nation states. president obama's threatens to veto a republican debt ceiling a plan is going debate threatens our economy already losing jobs so the country needs. moscow and washington to exchange visa blacklists in

a diplomatic the way of the death of lawyers that again magnitsky who worked for u.k. financial link to fraud in russia. next the kaiser for drugs into the scandals behind the global economy this week marks the states you have a look at the debt ceiling preschool tricks in the u.s. . the. we've got. the biggest issues get the voice face to face with the news makers. i am x. times or stacy herbert this is the kaiser report gold so looting the world economy breakdown stacey tell us more max that's our first headline there gold gives a standing ovation for the obama bin or masterpiece of political theater so we've

seen in america the political theater getting crazier and crazier but this is the important thing is that how gold responded and obviously always a deal is going to be done right we knew that but we have always told everybody that gold is responding to this collapse in american empire yes it is responding it's responding to the collapse and free up money it's a response to the collapse and the american empire exactly they had a great run after world war two but now it's run its course and now it's all fall apart and all the satellites that rely on the u.s. for their largest all those military contractors and client states and puppets states that got all that free money from a corrupt cop talk or see in america they're all being choked and then they want to throw money buying gold and silver the price keeps going higher and this will continue because no amount of growth will support this amount of debt.